Lot Essay
The Parisian firm of Forest is noted as having a shop at 14, rue Pierre-Picard in 1883 (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1984, p. 201).
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry commode
BY FOREST, CIRCA 1890
Details
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry commode
By Forest, Circa 1890
The breakfront-shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming guilloche frieze set with three drawers, above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with an oval reserve depicting a vase of flowers, the angles trailing bellflowers, supported on paw-cast feet, one lock engraved FOREST/A/PARIS, the reverse of the case stamped twice with FOREST
39 3/8 in. (100 cm.) high; 60½ in. (153.7 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.6 cm.) deep
By Forest, Circa 1890
The breakfront-shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming guilloche frieze set with three drawers, above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with an oval reserve depicting a vase of flowers, the angles trailing bellflowers, supported on paw-cast feet, one lock engraved FOREST/A/PARIS, the reverse of the case stamped twice with FOREST
39 3/8 in. (100 cm.) high; 60½ in. (153.7 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (61.6 cm.) deep